Louisiana Notary Fees
Acknowledgment: No statutory maximum found
Louisiana has no statutory fee schedule limiting what a notary may charge for services, per the Secretary of State's official FAQ.
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State · La. R.S. Title 35 (no fee schedule); Louisiana SOS Notary FAQ
Maximum notary fees in Louisiana
What the official source allows a notary to charge for each notarial act. Charging less, or nothing, is allowed.
| Notarial act | Maximum fee | How it’s counted |
|---|---|---|
| Any Notarial Act | No statutory maximum found | no statutory maximum foundApplies to all notarial acts performed by Louisiana notaries public. |
How Louisiana counts notary fees
No statutory maximum found
The official source recorded for Louisiana does not set a numeric maximum for any notarial act. Read the rule notes: a state without a number may still require that fees be reasonable, disclosed or agreed in advance.
Price a Louisiana appointment
Notarial acts start at the verified Louisiana maximum and are checked against it. Travel and add-ons use example rates you can change.
Louisiana quote calculator
1Job
Act fees default to the verified maximum
2Notarial acts
$10.00no statutory maximum found
Defaults to the verified Louisiana maximum. Count units follow the state rule (per act, signature or signer).
3Travel
$40.00Used for the vehicle-cost estimate
Flat $40.00 per appointment.
4Printing & add-ons
$0.005Time & costs
Round trip
Fuel, wear, insurance share
Courier, supplies
Uses the miles you drive and your print cost whether or not you bill for them. An operational estimate, not accounting profit.
Suggested total
$50
General Notary Work · Louisiana
- Notarial acts
- $10.00
- Travel & service fees
- $40.00
Job economics (estimate)
- Est. direct costs
- $0.00
- Est. net
- $50.00
- Effective rate
- $150.00/hr
20 min total time. Costs: mileage $0.00, printing $0.00, other $0.00. An operational estimate, not accounting profit; it leaves out taxes, insurance and overhead.
Breakdown
Notarial acts
1 × acknowledgment
$10.00
Travel
Flat
$40.00
Total
$50.00
Notarial acts vs. service fees
No statutory maximum found
No statutory maximum found
- No statutory maximum found for this act.
Travel, printing and add-ons are not part of this check. Some states restrict these charges, and listing a fee separately does not by itself make it permitted.
Travel fees in Louisiana
No travel-fee text was captured from the Louisiana official source in this data version. That is not the same as saying travel fees are unrestricted in Louisiana; confirm with the commissioning authority, and agree the fee with the client before you drive.
Travel is a separate charge from the notarial act, so the maximums above do not cover it. Work out a travel charge with the notary travel fee calculator.
Electronic and remote notarization
Louisiana authorizes remote online notarization (RON requirements: https://www.sos.la.gov/notary/ron-requirements); no RON service-fee cap was found.
Quoted from the official source
Louisiana does not have a statutory fee schedule which would determine or limit what a notary can charge for his services.
Caveats and research notes
legis.la.gov result (R.S. Title 35) states for notaries public ex officio: 'A notary public ex officio exercising notarial functions as authorized by the provisions of this Section may charge fees for notary services commensurate with the reasonable and customary fees for notarial services in the parish or parishes where the notary public ex officio maintains his office.' The $35 figure in results is a cap on parish-court application/filing fees, not a service fee.